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Friday, January 29, 2010

School system in Va. won't teach version of Anne Frank book - washingtonpost.com

School system in Va. won't teach version of Anne Frank book - washingtonpost.com:

"Culpeper County public school officials have decided to stop assigning a version of Anne Frank's diary, one of the most enduring symbols of the atrocities of the Nazi regime, after a parent complained that the book includes sexually explicit material and homosexual themes.

'The Diary of a Young Girl: the Definitive Edition,' which was published on the 50th anniversary of Frank's death in a concentration camp, will not be used in the future, said James Allen, director of instruction for the 7,600-student system. The school system did not follow its own policy for handling complaints about instructional materials, Allen said."